noRAaixi:.!-:. ccsccte.k. DicnoyDRE^K 320 



var. n genuiita, the leaf-buds, inflorescence, and culifcs miMutcIy tawny- 

 puberulous. 



var. ft f/Iu/i/ioxa, the same i)arts quite glabrous and stieky, or ranh' the calvx 

 minutely puberulous. 



*•'•'* Lfiires shurpli/ serrate. I'l/reiies ftco, 2-seeiled. 

 E. SF.RRATA, Koxb. A'.T. Chittagong and Ava Hills. 



Calyx and corolla-lobes very blunt. 



EuAiiDiA, Martin. 



Cali/.v 5- (very rarely 6-)parted,, the lobes equal or nearly so. Corolla bell- 

 shaped with a .short tube, the limb 5- (rarely 6-)cleft. Stamens .5. Anthers oblong, 

 basifixcd. Drupe with 4 (rarely 6) 1 -seeded pyrencs. 



11. viJiiNEA, Dalz. All over Burma. 



Leaves cuncate-obloug, on a very short juibescent petiole, or almost sessile, .V to 

 1 ineh long, glabresceut. Plowers reddish-lilac. 



TouRNFORTiA, Linnaus. 



T. ARGKXTEA, L. (K.). Katcliall. Trice. Trade. 



T. (Tetrandra) GLAiiuA, Mi(^. (K.). Katcliall. Kamorta. 



T. ovATA, Wall. (M.). 



Several species of this Order fuinish examples of the doctrine of signatures, 

 whereby our ancestors tliouglit they discovered the medicinal powers of plants, from 

 certain marks or signs impressed on them. For example : Lung-wort {Pulmunaria 

 ojfieinali.i), having white spotted leaves, was supposed to be an effectual remedy in 

 tubercular disease of the lungs ; Viper's bugloss [Eehitiia rulgare), having seeds like 

 vipers' heads, was regarded as being an antidote for the bite of vipers ; and Gromwell 

 {Lithospermum officinale), on account of its hard pearly nucules, was held to be an 

 excellent medicine for dissolving calculus in the bladder. 



Order CUSCUTE^. 



Corolla-lohes 4 or 5. Stamens inserted on tlie corolla-tube, with often as many 

 fimbriate seales below their insertion, included. Disk none. Ovary 2-celIcd. Styles 

 2, free or connate. Ontles 2, erect in each cell. Capsule 2-celied, circurasciss at 

 the base. Embryo spiral in copious fleshy albumen. Leafless pai'asitic filiform 

 twining herbs. 



CiscfTA, Zinnaus. 



C. sn,CATA, Roxb. (M.). 



The 'Dodders' or Devil's-guts, as they are forcibly termed in England, arc 

 filamentous ])arasitical plants, often seen in Burma overwhelming hedges with their 

 long yellow tlirrad-like stems. ]n Europe C. minor lives on clover, lucerne, tliynu', 

 broom and heath, C. densijlora infests flax, whilst C. major attacks and drains the 

 juices of nettles, hops and the vine. 



Order DIOHOXDIIE.E. 



Corolla-luhes .5, valvate. Stamens inserted on the corolla. Geary apocarpous. 

 Carpels 2 or 4, 2-ovulcd. Styles basal. Oiules erect. Utrieles 2, 1-seeded. Embryo 

 curved, cotyledons crumpled, iu scanty albumen. Suuill herbs, erect or prostrate. 



DiciioxDRA, Forster. 



D. REPENs, Forst. (M.). 



A slender creeping perennial hcib, rooting at the nodes, hoary with a minute, 

 often silky, pubescence. 



